Mark Metternich
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rmance17 wrote:
That is one of the most gorgeous photos I have ever seen in my life! The Grand Canyon is without a doubt one of the most beautiful places on earth. I hope we have as much luck this year. I am so looking forward to your workshop! It couldn't get here soon enough!
Thank you so much for posting all your gorgeous work ... it is so inspiring!
Hi Robert! Thank you so very much! I can not wait!!! Nothing I enjoy more! 
This really took a very non-linear approach to get (for my clients and the quick snap for myself). In fact right after this blood-red sky and rainbow, the next day I got my clients another blood red sky and rainbow (double) and even massive lightning strikes in the scene at a very remote and super epic/vista location. The only way I was able to pull that off was by very intensive, hour by hour, weather study (all apps, all websites...) some general guesswork (due to having lived down there in the desert for years) and especially my client's awesome willingness to ditch the idea of having a linear itinerary or always knowing exactly where they are going next, or having to have a hotel every day. We literally chased the weather (and my intuition about it) to both locations and scored. Late morning (and sometimes even midday) on either day, we were not entirely sure where we were going for the evening shoot. People with heavy control issues usually don't like this type of approach. But those who are willing to trust me and put getting great light (thus images) as a major priority for a photo workshop are more than willing to do what it takes to catch the great light and more often this approach pays off in spades. People sometimes say "you were so lucky." As we know luck favors the prepared. A lot of workshops are not run this way. But I totally understand. Sometimes people want a Day1, Day 2... itinerary. My opinion is that this drastically lowers the chances for awesome light.
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